The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 8: 1830-1880: The Victorians: Victorians 1830-1880 Vol 8 Book

Heralding a new era in literary studies, the Oxford English Literary History breaks the mould of traditional approaches to the canon by focusing on the contexts in which the authors wrote and how their work was shaped by the times in which they lived. Each volume offers a fresh, groundbreaking re-assessment of the authors, their works, and the events and ideas which shaped the literary voice of their age. Written by some of the leading scholars in the field, under the general-editorship of Jonathan Bate, the Oxford English Literary History is essential reading for everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English literature. This volume covers the flowering of Victorian literature, from the decade when Tennyson started writing In Memoriam and Darwin embarked on the Beagle to the publication of Hardy's first great novels and the death of George Eliot. The volume treats all main genres of literature, and writers as diverse as Tennyson and Wilkie Collins, Darwin and Newman, the Brontes and J. S. Mill, George Eliot and Hopkins, and many less canonical figures.Read More